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If you were transported in time..............

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 12 Aug 2009 19:18

could you do any of the jobs that your ancestors did?

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 12 Aug 2009 19:26

Well, my East End bunch were gunsmiths and I'm a crack shot with a rifle so I expect I could do that! I could test the guns they made!

One bunch were carpenters though and I can't even slice bread so it's straight - fat lot of good I'd be with that line!

Jill

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Jean (Monmouth)

Jean (Monmouth) Report 12 Aug 2009 19:32

Ancestors on both sides were shopkeepers and traders. I could and have done that.

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 12 Aug 2009 20:14

Alot of mine were Ag labs, probably helping with food crops.
I hate extremes of temperature, so wouldn't like that aspect, but I'd have a go at the work.

Some of the men went from the fields to work in the south Wales coal mines. I don't think I'd cope with that.

Even being a housewife / mother would be hard work. I'd miss having running hot water most, I think.
Even when my Gran died in 1965, she only had a single tap supplying cold water, ...and that was outside by the garden wall !

Gwyn

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 12 Aug 2009 20:24

I certainly could Red; spending money and being the landed gentry is just up my street for a way of life. I could even see myself being a mass murderer at times :-)))) ( Joke...... just in case no-one finds that funny...will delete if anyone finds it offensive)

Researching:
Member since 2003

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 12 Aug 2009 20:30

Well, thatcher .... I don't think so!
Coachman,,,, Don't think I could do that either, not keen on horses up close
Blacksmith....nooo
Coal miner.... no
Rail worker....... no
Gamekeeper..... unlikely
Butcher....yuk no
Grocer.... yes could do that I think
Tailor.... no no good at sewing
Cricket bat maker.... no
mill worker.... maybe
buttoner... possibly
Ag Lab... probably where I would end up.

edit thanks Karen
forgot Brickfield worker... no

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥

♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥ Report 12 Aug 2009 20:43

Ag Lab...........raised on a farm so I would be alright at that
Gamekeeper...........yes, but I'm a rotten shot
Domestic servant..........if I really really had to
Domestic cook..............errrr probably wouldn't last a week!
Fisherman..............I get seasick so no!